Henry Visits 1st Grade

Henry and I (Rebekah Bishop) went to visit Mrs. Funk's first grade class in Carterville, Illinois. Henry had fun eating lunch with the teachers. Henry also went with me my to my Calculus class and back to my house. We made a trip to Wal Mart too. We went 45 miles all together. Total miles: 5672.21

Henry goes to West Virginia!

Henry and Rachel traveled all the way to West Virginia for an early Thanksgiving celebration. While we were there, we visited the Homer Laughlin China Company in Newel, West Viriginia. They sell the poplar Fiesta Dinnerware. This outlet store had a room of place settings, glasses, vases, pitchers, and silverware. They also had a room in the back that had only "seconds". The "seconds" are less than perfect plates, bowls, cups, pitchers, and vases. Everything in the back room in half price. Henry and I searched for the best "seconds" we could find.

Latitude and Longitude: 40.618N , -80.604W

Miles traveled this trip: 1229.90 miles

Total Miles Traveled: 5627.21 miles

Rachel Cunningham

Henry becomes stressed!!!!!!

Henry and I traveled to my home in Marion, Illinois. During his trip with me, Henry decided he would help me with all my homework. Henry became very stressed with all we had to do. Henry decided he would really be a dog instead of a college student.

Latitude and Longitude: 37° 43' 50" -88° 55' 59"

Miles traveled: 44 miles

Total Miles traveled: 4397.31

Micah Murphy

Henry goes to U of I

Henry and I, Monica May, went to the University of Illinois this past weekend. We were visiting friends and were there when their football team beat the number one ranked, Ohio State team. It was all very exciting. We walked around campus to see how it varies from SIU's. Henry found one building in common with his home school, they had an Altgeld building. This is the oldest building on U of I's campus. If you take this building, the one at SIU, one at Northern Illinois University, one at Eastern Illinois University, and the one at Illinois State, and put them together, they supposedly would be a replication of a castle in England.

Miles traveled this trip: 400.56 miles
Longitude: 40 degrees 2 minutes W
Latitude: 88 degrees 17 minutes N
Total miles traveled: 4353.31miles

Henry Goes to Indianapolis

I, Denell Scott, took Henry with me to a conference in Indianapolis, Indiana for my organization, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Henry was very excited because he was surrounded by girls the entire weekend! When we arrived at the hotel, Henry and I took a quick tour and were pretty pleased with our room. The next morning, Henry decided to rest in the room while I attended workshops and meetings for my conference. When I got back to the room, Henry was well rested so I decided to take him to the mall with me and my sorority sisters. After a long weekend, both Henry and I were ready to get back to Carbondale.

Miles traveled this trip: 533.62 mi
Latitude: 39 degrees 44' N
Longitude: 86 degrees 17' W
Total miles traveled: 3952.75 mi

Henry Goes to the Body World Exhibit at the St. Louis Science Center

I, Christine Kegel, and Henry had a busy weekend. We started off by going to Immanuel Lutheran School in Murphysboro. I thought Henry would enjoy coming with me to work with the after school students. At Immanuel, Henry had the chance to make some colorful creations out of play-doh. He had never played with play-doh before and found it to be very fun. The students helped him and enjoyed his company.

On Saturday Henry and I traveled to St. Louis to go to the Science Center. He had never been there so he was extremely excited. When we arrived we went directly to the Body World exhibit because we had tickets. This exhibit was something amazing to see. Henry and I learned a lot about different muscles and organs of the human body. After viewing the exhibit we walked around the rest of the Science Center and had a great time learning. We both hope to go back again soon.

Henry had such a good time at Immanuel Lutheran School on Friday he decided he would like to go back on Monday as well. This time we made some beautiful works of art using watercolors. He was really careful not to get any paint on himself. The students were very impressed with his skills as a painter.

All miles these trips were traveled by car.

Miles traveled these trips: 242

Miles traveled altogether: 3,419.13

Latitude in Murphysboro, IL: 37 degrees 45'52"N

Longitude in Murphysboro, IL: 89 degrees 20'6"W

Latitude in St. Louis, MO: 38 degrees37'38"N

Longitude in St. Louis, MO: 90 degrees 11'52"W

Henry is a Shark?!

I, Rebecca Owen, took Henry with me to Pinckneyville Elementary School today. He wanted to meet the 4th grade class I will be student teaching next sememster. Since today is Halloween, I read a Halloween story to the class and we did an alliteration activity together. Henry loved being in 4th grade, and the students really loved learning about Henry's travels so far!
After resting for a bit, Henry needed help with his costume before trick-or-treating. Henry dressed up as a shark for Halloween. We went to Ava, IL where my friend and I took her little girl Katie, and their cousin Rachel trick-or-treating. Katie was Lucy from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Rachel was Hannah Montana. Henry even enjoyed hearing Rachel sing "Best of Both Worlds", the Hannah Montana theme song, over and over. The girls loved meeting Henry and helping him learn the ropes when it comes to getting candy! I think Henry had a spooktacular Halloween!

Destination: Pinckneyville and Ava IL

Miles Traveled this trip: 138.4 miles

Latitude: 38.08N

Longitude: -89.41 W

Total Miles Traveled: 3,177.13 miles